Agitator device for carbonizing liquids



(No Model.)

R. F. SOANNELL.

AGITATOR DEVICE FOR GARBONIZING LIQUIDS. No. 300,019. Q7 Patented June 10, 1884.

\m rl s ES Iliyalituz" iwzm @M 0 I Uivrrni) ROGER F. SGANNELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IAGIT ATOR DEVICE FOR CARBONIZING LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,019, dated June 10, 1884. Application filed January 28, 1854. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROGER F. SOANNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Agitator Devices for Carbonizing Liquids; and I do hereby declare that the same are fully described in the following specification and illustratedin the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in agitator devices for .oarbonizing liquids and beverages; and it is carried out as follows, reference bei'ng had to the accompanying drawings, where q Figure 1 represents a plan view of the invention, and Fig. 2 represents a central longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a crosssection on the line A B, shown in Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the.

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In aerating liquids and beverages itis very desirable that the carbonic-acid gas and the liquid should be thoroughlyintermixed before the liquid is bottled or used. Many different devices have been used for this purpose, among which may be mentioned the'eniployment of rotary fans or agitators arranged and operated within the carbonizing-cylinder. It has also been customary for this purpose to rotate the cylinder in suitable bearings after it has been charged with gas and the liquid; but such methods and devices are objectionable on account of the necessary power required to thus forcibly agitate the contents of the cylinder. WVith my invention I dispense with such power consuming agitating devices, instead of which I pump the gas and liquid, on their way to the cylinder, through a pipe containing a series of finely-perforated disks, located one above or ahead of the other in the series, by

which arrangement the desired effect is quickly and easily attained, as will now be more fully shown and described.

In the drawings, (t represents a carbonizingcylinder of the ordinary construction, provided with a suitable pressuregage, I), and pipe b, leading from said cylinder to the gage in the usual manner. The lower end of the cylinder a is provided with a pipe, 0, leading to the bottling apparatus or to the fountain where the liquid is to be drawn, as usual.

c is a valve or cutoff on pipe 0, as shown. (I is a siphon-pipe secured, in its upper end to the upper end of cylinder a, andprojecting downward to a place near the lower end of said cylinder, as shown in Fig. 2.

To the upper end of cylinder a is secured,in a detachable manner, the agitator-pipe e, the latter being arranged in a line with and so as to establish direct communication with the siphon-pipe d, as shown. Within the pipe 0 is located a series of perforated agitator-disks, e

c e, at a suitable distance apart, as may be found most desirable, for the purpose of properly mixing the gas and liquid in their passage from the pump to the cylinder (1.

f is an elbow or head, preferably secured to the upper end of agitator-pipe e, and provided, preferably, with an internal perforated disk, f, located at a right angle to that of the plane of the disks 6 e 0, so as to still further commin'gle and mix up the gas and liquid.

g'is a pipe leading from the pump of a carbonic-acid-gas machine, and said" pipe connects with the elbow or head f, so as to establish communication with its internal passage,

f,as shown in Fig. 2, and this is accomplished by means of an intermediate screw-coupling, F, or equivalent device,well known in the art of coupling pipes together. The gas and liquid are simultaneously forced from the pump (not shown inthe drawings) through the pipe 9 and perforated disk f, and thence through the pipe 6 and its series of perforated disks 0' c e, by means of which the gas and liquid are thoroughly intermixed previous to passing down through pipe (I and into the cylinder a. While the cylinder is thus being charged with properly-agitated and thoroughly-intermixed gas and liquid, a portion of the gas is set free and rises to the upper part of the cylinder 1121-1 passage, f ,therein,that communicates with the internal bore of the agitator-pipe e, by which arrangement the desired object is accomplished-namely, to allow the free gas in the upper part of cylinder at to be automatically conducted and brought in intimate contact with a fresh supply of gas and liquidforced from the pump, and thus additionally mixed and charged with the liquid or beverage.

The internal bore in pipe eis shown as tapering, and this is the form preferred by me; but I wish to state that I do not wish to confine myself to this exact form of the agitator-pipe, as it may, to equal advantage, be made with a cylindricalbore, or it. may be made square, polygonal, or of any other desired form, as may be desired, without departing from the essence of my invention. Ialso wish to state that the pipe 6 may be arranged in a horizontal or inclined position to that of the cylinder a, instead of being connected in a vertical direction to the latter, as shown in Fig. 2.

If it is desired to charge portable cylinders with the aid of my improved agitator-pipe,it is only necessary to screw the lower end of the latter into the stop-cock neck usually attached to such portable cylinders, and after the cylin-.

internal siphon-pipe, d, with pipe 6, having a M series of perforated disks, 0 e e, and the gas and liquid inlet pipe 9, as and for the purpose set forth. I

2. The combination of cylinder a, havlng internal siphon-pipe, d, with pipe 6, having a series of perforated disks, 0' e e, the gas and liquid inlet pipe 9, and return-pipe h, as andv for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROGER F. SCANNELL.

\Vitnesses:

ALBAN ANDRI'JN, HENRY OIIADBOURN. 

